236 Phoridae. 



than in picta, fourth vein slightly S-like at base, recurved at apex. 

 H alteres yellow. 



Female. Similar; antennæ slightly smaller than in the male; 

 abdomen black with narrow pale hind margins to the segments, 

 first segment black or more or less yellow; hind femora with long 



Fig. 78. Wing of A. Giraudii ?. 



hairs below the basal half as in the male; as in picta the anterodorsal 

 bristles on posterior tibiæ are much more distinct and proceed longer 

 downwards than in the male. 



Length 2 to about 3 mm. 



Remarks: Becker declares that Zetterstedt's hicolor is = Meigeni 

 Beck., but this is not so; I have studied Zetterstedt's types, there 

 are four specimens, one is Giraudii, the three others, a male and two 

 females, are simulans Wood. — Strobl describes (Wien. Ent. Zeitg. 

 XVIII, 1899, 148) a var. breviciliata and a var. longiciliata; the former 

 is typical, but whether the latter belongs to this species is, I think, 

 doubtful. — Wood says 1. c. that the hind femora have only ordinary 

 hairs, in the Danish and Dutch specimens I have seen the hind femora 

 have long hairs on the basal half below. — As seen from my descrip- 

 tion of the male, the anterodorsal bristles on posterior tibiæ may be 

 very small; in this connection I shall call attention to the faet that 

 Wood describes (Ent. Month. Mag. 2, XXV, 1914, 153) a species 

 A. submeigeni which differs from Meigeni only in wanting the small 

 anterodorsal bristles on posterior tibiæ; it is no doubt only a small 

 specimen of Meigeni (see Schmitz 1. c. 136). 



A. Giraudii is rare in Denmark, only four specimens, a male and 

 three females, have been taken; Ermelund ^Ve 1919 (the author) 

 and Holte '7?— 'Vt in 1917 to 1919 (Th. Mortensen). 



Geographical distribution: — Europe down into Spain, towards 

 the north to southern Sweden; it is also recorded from North America, 



